Mauritius’s Economic Growth Gaining Momentum Mauritius’s economy will probably expand more than forecast this year as growth in tourism and exports gains momentum, central bank Governor Rundheersing Bheenick said, adding to pressure for higher interest rates. “We have reason to believe that the country’s economic growth will be above […]
KAZAKHSTAN: Ahmadi Muslim mosque closed, Protestants fined 100 times minimum monthly wage Source / Courtesy: Forum 18, Norway Kazakhstan has fined an Ahmadi Muslim community – also denying it the use of its mosque and land – as well as imposed fines of 100 times the minimum monthly wage on two Protestants for […]
By AGENCIES • ‘Hamas govt flourishes while restrictions hit the poor’ • Wages fall, jobless rate up since Israel blockade began • Egyptian border opening slightly relaxes tension • High unemployment rate ups pressure on UNRWA JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH: The Gaza Strip enters its fifth year of a full Israeli blockade by […]
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Prince Sultan Charitable Foundation has constructed 200 low-cost housing units for the poor in Al-Laith in the Makkah province as part of a SR385 million project to supply affordable homes. It will aim to provide 1,246 houses in different parts of the […]
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Muslim intellectuals must be well prepared to confront any smear campaign against Islam and Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) on the Internet and in other public media, said a prominent Keralite editor. “Although there is nothing new in most of the […]
By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS Makkah: Municipal and Rural Affairs Minister Prince Mansour bin Miteb on Tuesday inspected the final phase of the Mashair Railway project that links the holy sites of Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah. The project will bring about dramatic improvement in Haj transportation. Speaking to […]
MMAN (JT) – His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday stressed that there is no going back on the path of reform, a Royal Court statement said. Reform is the optimal means to overcome challenges and build on previous achievements for the best future for Jordan and Jordanians, the King said […]
By Raed Omari AMMAN – Tafileh MPs and senators on Tuesday issued a statement, demanding an apology from Agence France-Presse (AFP) for publishing “false” news reports that His Majesty King Abdullah’s motorcade was attacked by stone throwers during his visit to their city on Monday. In the statement, the signatories […]
More than 60,000 Americans were sterilised, many against their will, as part of a eugenics movement that finished in 1979, aimed at keeping the poor and mentally ill from having children. Now, decades on, one state is considering compensation. In 1968, Elaine Riddick was raped by a neighbour who threatened to […]
Despite recent criticism about severe land and water pollution, Bali has the best environment of all of the provinces, a government study shows. The report on Indonesia’s environmental quality index in 2010 conducted by the Environment Ministry showed that Bali had a score of 99.65, the highest of all the […]
Although most young Indonesian Muslims see religion as a salient identity emphasizing Islamic values and attitudes, they approve democratic values, a survey shows. The survey came amid increasing concern about radicalism among young Muslims, as students are reportedly the primary targets of radical Islamic movements. An Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) […]
The case of those who take helpers besides Allah is like unto the case of the spider, who makes for herself a house; and surely the frailest of all houses is the house of the spider, if they but knew! (Al Quran 29:42) Sigmund Freud remembered all his […]
AFP – France’s lower house of parliament Tuesday rejected a bill that would have allowed gays to marry. The house, dominated by the ruling right-wing UMP party, voted by 293 votes to 222 to block the bill, with most left-wing lawmakers backing it and most of the right opposed.”We are […]
Central Asia is periodically hit by devastating earthquakes, and four of its five capitals are in areas of high seismic risk. In April 1996, Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent was destroyed by an earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale. The quake left more than 300,000 people homeless, and destroyed most of […]
Pravda.Ru. It started in the USA and Canada after a Toronto policeman said if women want to avoid being raped or victimised, they should not dress like sluts. The reaction was instead of telling women how to dress, the police should tell men not to rape. Now the movement has […]
Saudi Arabia’s rulers are doing their utmost to resist the tide of history. The wealthy Arab country wants peace and stability within its society and in the region. But even the ultraconservative kingdom has not remained untouched by the unrest in the Arab world. Read the whole article…
The Managing Editor of The Inquirer Newspaper has urged parents to stop using their children as bread winners for their families.Addressing the first graduation ceremony of the Nusrat Jehan Ahmadiyya Elementary School in Po-River, Montserrado County yesterday, Mr. wesseh said children are not to be used to win bread for […]
Sizable aftershocks are continuing to shake Christchurch today, as the Prime Minister says authorities need time to sort out what parts of the city will be abandoned due to quake damage. An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 shook Canterbury this afternoon, part of a continuing series of aftershocks shaking the region. […]
The Ahmadi annual presecution report 2010 released in March this year Terrified Ahmadis are seeking government protection after an extremist group circulated pamphlets branding them “fit to be killed.” The All Pakistan Students Khatam-e-Nabuwat Federation recently handed the pamphlets out in public areas in Faisalabad in Punjab province, inciting people […]
A rights organisation said it feared large-scale targeted killing of Ahmadis in Faisalabad after pamphlets labelling members of the Ahmadiyya community “Wajibul Qatl” (‘liable to be murdered’), and inciting people to publicly attack followers of the faith, were openly and widely circulated in Faisalabad. In a statement issued here on […]